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star Boy or girl? The mysteries of gender selection
Parents have been trying to influence the sex of their baby at conception for as long as people have been trying to make babies. While there have been many myths regarding gender selection, there has also been legitimate  popular

star 5 Ways to increase you fertility
Although there are clearly many things that need to line up in order to make the miracle of life occur, experts believe there are many things that you can do to help Mother Nature out. Find out more about boosting your own fertility.

star A suprising pair of proteins help make healthy eggs
Biologists at Brown University and the University of California–Berkeley have discovered that two proteins team up to turn on an assortment of ovarian genes critical to the production of healthy eggs. This finding, publi

star Americans prefer to leave child's sex to chance
Most people would not choose the sex of their child if given the option, according to a nationwide survey.

star Another reason to take a pregnancy test twice
Commercially available pregnancy tests kits may not be accurate on the first day or so after a missed period because of natural variability in ovulation and when developing embryos attach themselves to the lining of the

star Beautiful parents more likely to have daughters
Very attractive individuals are 26 per cent less likely to have a son, according to research by Dr Satoshi Kanazawa of LSE's Interdisciplinary Institute of Management.

star Boys more likely when pregnancy takes longer
The longer it takes to get pregnant, the more chance there is of having a boy, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Dutch researchers analysed data for 5,283 women who gave birth to single babies between July 2001 and July

star Changes to diet and lifestyle may help prevent infertility from ovulatory disorders
Women who followed a combination of five or more lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experienced more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorders compar

star Dietary supplement boosts IVF hopes
"AT THIS point I'll try anything I can to have a child," says Emma*, a 38-year-old teacher from London. Emma faces a similar problem to many women: her ovaries produce too few ripe eggs for doctors to extract and use for

star Eggs from stem cells can help women conceive
Monash researchers have developed a process that causes embryonic stem (ES) cells to develop into ovarian structures containing eggs.

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